“I don’t need easy, I just need possible.”
Bethany Hamilton
“I don’t need easy, I just need possible.”
“I don’t need easy, I just need possible.” One of my favorite quotes. I try to recall it when I am faced with things I am trying to do and either don’t have the skills or even a clue to begin the task, or sometimes just trying to overcome a fear, managing chronic pain, or dealing with a difficult person. When I am faced with such challenges, Bethany Hamilton comes to my mind and I am reminded that all things are possible with God – Matthew 19:26. Bethany to me is a prime example of being anchored in Hope, anchored in God’s Word.
Bethany faced the biggest challenge of her life at the age of thirteen. While surfing with her dad and best friend on sunny Hawaiian Halloween day, Bethany was attacked by a shark. Biting off her left arm and almost dying from the blood loss, one may have thought her surfing days were over. One shark bite wasn’t stopping Bethany from doing what she loved most, her passion. Surfing. It would have been easy to give into fear and call it a day, hang up the surf boards and give up. Just sharing her story of survival may have been enough but forging through the physical and emotional challenges of losing a limb … what an impact her story has had on so many people! Bethany considers her passion a gift from God and it’s what got her back to surfing. I really believe that God gave her that passion and the desire to glorify Him, to let Him use her despite and in spite of her injury. Abandoning all fear and figuring it out with God’s help, she was determined to surf again. I highly recommended watching her movie Soul Surfer or reading the book.
Bethany’s biggest obstacle in learning to surf with one arm was what surfers call “duck diving.” Duck diving is much what it sounds like. Have you ever seen a duck dive under water and come back up again? Well, having never surfed before I imagine it’s not easy and even less easy with one arm. Bethany had a hard time holding on to board while duck diving. So her father modified her boards. He attached a rope handle in the middle of the board at the top so that Bethany could hold on to it better. It may not have been easy, but it sure was and is possible. She still had to relearn how to do things. I have seen her tie her shoes and the strings on her bikini with one hand. I can’t tie my shoes with two hands on some days. But with the help of physical therapists and God’s provision, Bethany leads a pretty normal life. Now married with two beautiful boys and one on the way Bethany shares her story and has started has an organization – Friend’s of Bethany that helps and encourages people that have lost limbs or have no limbs. Unstoppable is her second movie that I also recommend, it’s more of a documentary that continues where Soul Surfer left off.
God really does get us through the tough times. I know He does for me. I believe this is so evident in Bethany’s life because she allows God to be the first and foremost in her life. I’m sure she gets fearful and worries, she has two boys and she’s human but I am also willing to bet she harnesses that fear with the power of God that is anchored in her surfing soul.
Get Hooked is going to be my motto for 2021. Anchoring in God’s Word is going to be my M.O.. I want an unstoppable life. Matthew 19:26 is my “I don’t need easy, I just need possible” verse, because with God ALL things ARE POSSIBLE.
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